1. Low risk of international Zika virus spread due to Brazil Olympics Free content: http://www.annals.org/article.aspx?doi=10.7326/M16-1628 URL goes live when the embargo lifts Travelers to Brazil...
Credit: J. D'Elia The existing genetic diversity of California Condors, all of which are descended from just 14 individuals, is strikingly low. But were condors...
Credit: Source: DOI:10.1038/nchembio.2319 In an age of booming biotechnology, it might be easy to forget how much we still rely on the bounty of the...
Credit: Kramer et al. Check out these newsworthy studies from the October 5, 2016, issue of JNeurosci. Media interested in obtaining the full text of...
Maternal bone density decreases after childbirth, but only among women who lactate for at least four months. The lactation period is unrelated to vitamin D...
Credit: (C) 2016, The Health in Aging Foundation Palliative care is treatment–such as medication, nutritional support, or massage–that helps you feel better when you have...
Credit: ViiV Healthcare The first large-scale clinical trial of a long-acting injectable medication for HIV prevention in sexually active women has begun. The study in...
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Proteins are the workhorses of life, mediating almost all biological events in every life form. Scientists know how proteins are structured,...
Credit: UBC Dairy cows housed indoors want to break curfew and roam free, suggests new research from the University of British Columbia, published today in...
Credit: Sandra Tavares, IGC. A study published now on Nature Communications* shows that breast cancer cells undergo a stiffening state prior to acquiring malignant features...
Credit: Hirano M. et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Aug. 28, 2017 Flaviviruses are a significant...
LA JOLLA–Scientists have, for the first time, characterized the molecular markers that make the brain’s front lines of immune defense–cells called microglia–unique. In the process,...
Timing is everything when it comes to the development of the vertebrate face. In a new study published in PLoS Genetics, USC Stem Cell researcher...
Credit: Rob Robbins/US Antarctic Program Some Antarctic fish living in the planet's coldest waters are able to cope with the stress of rising carbon dioxide...
Credit: Daniel Miller When estimating portion size, we may be more influenced by food images on the packaging than by the listed serving size leading...
